I hate things that are monotonous. Blue screens, white letters and black backgrounds are just too much for this 'ole programmer's eyes to take, day after day. Wouldn't it be nice to be different once in a while?
Changing one's screen color is a very simple thing to do. Just typing SETCOLOR 2,12,4 in immediate mode gives you a nice shade of dark green to stare upon for the rest of the day (or at least until you press SYSTEM RESET). Then you're back to the same old blue screen! That is, unless you use the following utility, Default, to set up your new color scheme. When SYSTEM RESET is now pressed, the colors will return to the ones you have chosen.
Default can be customized to add or delete such options as screen margins or character set addresses just by adding or deleting DATA statements at the end of the program. DATA statements are entered as a decimal address of the option byte. A string then describes the option. Examples to set up the left and right screen margins follow:
500 DATA 82,Left Margin
510 DATA 83,Right Margin If you don't wish to change an option when the program prompts you to enter a new value, simply type a carriage return at the prompt, and the option will be skipped. This program will also work with either cassette or disk-based computer systems.
A word to the wise: After running Default and setting up your new colors, margins or whatever, do not run it again. The computer will probably lock up and go into never-never land. If you wish to change your options again, reboot the system and start from scratch.
![[BASIC Listing image]](set_default1.png)
100 DATA 53,77,409,409,832,152,589,726
,740,778,741,729,429,294,221,7179
300 DATA 939,219,654,35,635,700,340,62
8,8,446,453,453,460,944,6914